Lou Harrison
By: Leta E. Miller, Fredric Lieberman.
Contributors: Lieberman, Fredric.
Series: American composers
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780252031205
Subjects: Harrison, Lou, 1917-; Harrison, Lou, 1917- -- Criticism and interpretation; Composers -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ), discography (p.   ), and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude; title: Portrait : a life in music; title: Percussion music and instrument building : more than just noise; title: Passion for Asia; title: Purely in tune : exploring just intonation systems; title: Processes of synthesis : coherence and variety; title: Politics and society : activist art, activist arguments; title: Activist acts; title: Peroration : system, syncretism, and style.